She Wrote "I Am Inside": How Lisa Outsmarted Her Kidnapper

True Kidnapping Stories · Aug 10, 2026 · 18m

She Wrote "I Am Inside": How Lisa Outsmarted Her Kidnapper

A folded note wedged by a foundation and held with broken concrete, written in tiny block letters: "I am inside. He doesn't know I found this. Please send police." A 62-year-old retired librarian had been missing five days before a passerby stopped and found the plea - but how did she get that note to that exact spot, and how did she survive in darkness for days?

In this episode, we trace the steps that led from a missing-persons report to a basement with a painted-over window, a cracked pane, and a woman who used a pencil and a…